Conservatives only activate to vote in federal elections and tend to have a savior complex that the president will change everything.

The story above about WA is why that has allowed so much damage to be done.

It's not that "blue states" have more progressives. It's that conservatives don't activate to vote locally (state or county) in significant numbers anywhere.

Worth the few minutes to read (the link above):

https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-new-normal-left?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web

Our entire political, legal, and media systems are built on the need for a low-information populace.

Take some time to think about how dangerous that is for any serious society.